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... military expeditions from that region . From Logstown he pushed on , ac- companied by his Indian chiefs , to Venango , on the Ohio , the first French outpost . The French officers asked him to sup with them . The wine flowed freely ...
... military expeditions from that region . From Logstown he pushed on , ac- companied by his Indian chiefs , to Venango , on the Ohio , the first French outpost . The French officers asked him to sup with them . The wine flowed freely ...
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Henry Cabot Lodge. ington was destined to struggle through all the years of his military career , suffering from them , and triumphing in spite of them to a degree un equalled by any other great commander . Din- widdie , the Scotch ...
Henry Cabot Lodge. ington was destined to struggle through all the years of his military career , suffering from them , and triumphing in spite of them to a degree un equalled by any other great commander . Din- widdie , the Scotch ...
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... military life , but Washington had an intense sense of personal dignity ; not the small vanity of a petty mind , but the quality of a proud man conscious of his own strength and purpose . It was of immense 78 GEORGE WASHINGTON .
... military life , but Washington had an intense sense of personal dignity ; not the small vanity of a petty mind , but the quality of a proud man conscious of his own strength and purpose . It was of immense 78 GEORGE WASHINGTON .
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... military value as that of service , and when he travelled northward to settle about Captain Dagworthy , he felt justly that he now was going on parade for the first time as the representative of his troops and his colony . Therefore ...
... military value as that of service , and when he travelled northward to settle about Captain Dagworthy , he felt justly that he now was going on parade for the first time as the representative of his troops and his colony . Therefore ...
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... military discipline , to which he attributed the Gen- eral's rare success as a planter . There can be no doubt of the success , and the military discipline is probably true , but the statement as to harshness is unsupported by any other ...
... military discipline , to which he attributed the Gen- eral's rare success as a planter . There can be no doubt of the success , and the military discipline is probably true , but the statement as to harshness is unsupported by any other ...
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